My insane life and times filled with teen drama, marital comedy and realizing that 600 miles away from my insane family still isn't far enough!

Friday, October 15, 2010

Whose car is it anyway??

Another day, another day without a car. I am hating this. I know, I know, it's not all that bad, I have my health, blah, blah, blah.

Yesterday I had to borrow Nick's car because I had a parent/teacher conference with Michael's teacher. Okay, fine, it worked out well because Nick had to be in work at 4 and the conference was at 4:45. Perfect. Well, on the way to dropping him off at work I notice that the car is on "E". Not close to "E" but ON "E". So I'm like "Dude..what in the world??" He tells me that he had to pay his car insurance, he hasn't had a lot of hours at work, whatever. The point is that now I have to put gas in his car again after putting $35 in it last week. When I asked what his hours were gonna be for today he's like "9-3". Perfect. I can borrow the car while he's at work and it won't inconvenience him, I'll already be up to take him to work, no problems.

Except...it was.I fell back to sleep this morning and rather than waking me up because he knew that I needed the car, he left for work and left me a note. A note! In a nutshell it was all "Oh, I didn't want to wake you up...I'm at work...after work I'm coming home but going right back out." Essentially he could have just written "Screw you...I took the car and don't even THINK you'll get to use it later". I was devastated. Seriously.

A friend called me because she said she was thinking of me and I burst in to tears while on the phone with her. She came right over because she was so concerned and then I felt like an idiot that I am CRYING over this situation! But really, here's the thing. My grandmother wanted Nick to have this car. She made that point abundantly clear before she died. When she did die, WE paid for Frank to fly up to New York to get the car, HE (Frank) paid for the gas and whatnot to get it here, I paid to have it registered and to have plates, WE paid to insure it for the first six months or so, WE have paid for MOST of the repairs that the car has needed, OUR friend (who is a mechanic) has done work on it for Nick for no charge and as of recently, I have been putting gas in it. The car is in MY name, should I NOT be allowed to drive the darn thing without attitude?Um...I think so.

A Few of my Favorite Things - TV Edition

Me and Grandma

Me and Mom

Me, Mom and Karen

Me and Grandpa

Me and Nana

Cinderella's Castle

The Grand Floridian

Sunrise at Disney

The Castle

Sunrise from the Boardwalk Inn

Me & Grandma

In Loving Memory...

Ida Maddox: August 9, 1923 - January 14, 2009

Your gentle face and patient smile with sadness we recall, you had a kindly word for each and died beloved by all. The voice is mute and stilled the heart that loved us well and true, ah, bitter was the trail to depart from one so good as you.

You are not forgotten loved one nor will you ever be as long as life and memory last we will remember thee. We miss you now. Our hearts are sore. As time goes by we miss you more, your loving smile, your gentle face. no one can fill your vacant place.

Grandma & Nick

Priorities

PRIORITIES

"A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove.... but the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child."

In Loving Memory: Collette Minutello

Gone Too Soon

Great Grandma & Her Boys

Beauty, the Beast, & Me

About Me

I am a 40 year old mother of two who is still trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up! I am a wanna-be author, a homeschool mom, wife, and all around mom-on-the-go who does her best to avoid her crazy, extended family!